Download or read book Colorado River Basin Water Management written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-06-30 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent studies of past climate and streamflow conditions have broadened understanding of long-term water availability in the Colorado River, revealing many periods when streamflow was lower than at any time in the past 100 years of recorded flows. That information, along with two important trends-a rapid increase in urban populations in the West and significant climate warming in the region-will require that water managers prepare for possible reductions in water supplies that cannot be fully averted through traditional means. Colorado River Basin Water Management assesses existing scientific information, including temperature and streamflow records, tree-ring based reconstructions, and climate model projections, and how it relates to Colorado River water supplies and demands, water management, and drought preparedness. The book concludes that successful adjustments to new conditions will entail strong and sustained cooperation among the seven Colorado River basin states and recommends conducting a comprehensive basinwide study of urban water practices that can be used to help improve planning for future droughts and water shortages.

Download or read book Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico written by Committee on Clean Water Act Implementation Across the Mississippi River Basin and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most water resources managers, scientists, and other experts would agree that nonpoint source pollution is a more pressing and challenging national water quality problem today than point source pollution. Nonpoint sources of pollutants include parking lots, farm fields, forests, or any source not from a discrete conveyance such as a pipe or canal. Of particular concern across the Mississippi River basin (MRB) are high levels of nutrient loadings--nitrogen and phosphorus--from both nonpoint and point sources that ultimately are discharged into the northern Gulf of Mexico (NGOM). Nutrients emanate from both point and nonpoint sources across the river basin, but the large majority of nutrient yields across the MRB are nonpoint in nature and are associated with agricultural activities, especially applications of nitrogen-based fertilizers and runoff from concentrated animal feeding operations. Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico offers strategic advice and priorities for addressing MRB and NGOM water quality management and improvements. Although there is considerable uncertainty as to whether national water quality goals can be fully realized without some fundamental changes to the CWA, there is general agreement that significant progress can be made under existing statutory authority and budgetary processes. This book includes four sections identifying priority areas and offering recommendations to EPA and others regarding priority actions for Clean Water Act implementation across the Mississippi River basin. These sections are: USDA's Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative; Numeric Water Quality Criteria for the northern Gulf of Mexico; A Basinwide Strategy for Nutrient Management and Water Quality; and, Stronger Leadership and Collaboration.

Download or read book River Basin Reports Snake River Basin interim report no 1 written by Oregon. State Water Resources Board and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Annual Reports of the River Basin Commissions Message from the President written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Drainage Basin Committees Reports written by United States. National Resources Committee. Water Resources Committee and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Publications and Staff Reports of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission written by Susquehanna River Basin Commission and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book River Basin Reports South Coast Basin written by Oregon. State Water Resources Board and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Water Resources of the Upper Colorado River Basin written by William Vaughn Iorns and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary of available data and explanation of techniques and criteria used in appraising the water resources of the Upper Colorado River Basin.

Download or read book Drainage Basin Committees Reports written by United States. National Resources Committee. Water Resources Committee and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Missouri River Basin Progress Report written by Interior Missouri Basin Field Committee and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Integrated River Basin Development written by Panel of experts [on] integrated river basin development, New York, 1957 and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: